On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7 November 2010 16:05, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On 7 November 2010 15:50, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> We use a tab at the top of the article to link to the ad page. No one has >>>> to click on it; but if you're looking for buying, or investigating >>>> products, you will. >>> >>> The click-through rate would be tiny and therefore so would the revenue. >> >> I would think the click-through rate would be above-average. People >> who want ads are more likely to click on those ads (also less likely >> to be using ad-blocking software). > > They won't be people that want ads, though. They'll be people that > want ad revenue for us. If they click, they'll be clicking to get us > revenue and not actually buying, which advertisers stopped falling for > years ago.
1) Why the huge assumption of bad faith? I don't think you're correct that people would sign up for ads who don't want ads. As you correctly point out, there would actually be no long-term benefit to anyone for doing so. 2) If the payment isn't per click, why would people click through "to get us revenue"? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
